Recruitment Consultant - Software Engineering

Hypha Recruit; Brighton; Hybrid; AUD 87,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Hypha Recruit in Brighton is seeking a Recruitment Consultant to build a Software Engineering division from day one. You will leverage an established client base and actively buying technology clients to place top software engineers.

The role combines account development with hands-on sourcing, deepening relationships with CTOs and engineering leaders, and gradually owning the desk. Hybrid work in a vibrant tech market with strong commission.

Qualifications

• Commercial and comfortable developing client relationships.
• Strong at candidate generation and headhunting.
• Confident speaking with senior technology stakeholders.
• Ambitious to own a market.
• Interested in the startup and scaleup ecosystem.
• Collaborative rather than overly individualistic.

Responsibilities

• Introduce Software Engineering hiring into existing client relationships.
• Pick up live requirements from businesses already buying from the firm.
• Develop relationships with CTOs, VPs of Engineering and technical leaders.
• Build a specialist candidate network.
• Expand existing accounts across new technical functions.
• Gradually develop your own new client relationships.
• Build and own the Software Engineering division.

Skills

Software Engineering

Head hunting

Candidate generation

Client relationships

Job description

Recruitment Consultant - Software Engineering

Brighton | 3-4 days in office

Salary up to £50,000 DOE + 10-45% Comms

Build a Software Engineering division with 40 existing, actively buying technology clients already asking for the skillset.

This is a rare opportunity to own your own market without starting from zero.

You’ll join a highly successful executive search firm partnering with VC and PE-backed software businesses, from disruptive startups making their first critical hires through to international scaleups preparing for their next stage of growth.

The client relationships are already there. Your job is to turn that existing demand into a successful Software Engineering practice.

The Opportunity

The business already has more than 40 actively buying clients, including some of the most exciting investor-backed software companies in the market.

Many regularly ask for Software Engineering talent, but the business currently doesn’t have a dedicated consultant to fully capitalise on that demand.

That means your early months should involve far more account development than cold business development.

You’ll be able to:

• Introduce Software Engineering hiring into existing client relationships
• Pick up live requirements from businesses already buying from the firm
• Develop relationships with CTOs, VPs of Engineering and technical leaders
• Build a specialist candidate network
• Expand existing accounts across new technical functions
• Gradually develop your own new client relationships
• Build and ultimately own the Software Engineering division

You’re effectively being given the foundations of a desk, with the autonomy to turn it into something substantial.

The Market

The client base is focused on venture capital and private equity-backed technology companies.

These businesses are often hiring because they’ve just raised funding, entered a new market, acquired another company or reached the point where their product and engineering teams need to scale quickly.

You could be recruiting Software Engineers into:

• AI-native startups
• Enterprise SaaS businesses
• Developer tools
• Data platforms
• Cybersecurity software
• Cloud technology
• FinTech
• Infrastructure software
• Other high-growth B2B technology companies

These are environments where engineering talent can directly influence whether a product scales successfully.

The wider firm works across senior Product, GTM and operational hiring, so you’ll also gain exposure to how investor-backed technology companies build their teams from 0 to 1, through hypergrowth and towards exit or IPO.

A High-Value Search Environment

This isn’t high-volume technology recruitment.

The business specialises in high-value search, with an average deal size of around £37,000 and a client base that includes both VC and PE-backed businesses.

That creates significant earning potential for someone who can develop the Software Engineering practice successfully.

The commission structure is outstanding, with high performers able to move rapidly through the bandings as they bill.

Who They’re Looking For

This would particularly suit someone with experience recruiting across:

• Software Engineering
• Software Development
• Product Engineering
• Cloud / DevOps
• Data Engineering
• AI / Machine Learning
• Infrastructure
• Other specialist technology markets

You’ll need to be:

• Commercial and comfortable developing client relationships
• Strong at candidate generation and headhunting
• Confident speaking with senior technology stakeholders
• Ambitious enough to want ownership of a market
• Interested in the startup and scaleup ecosystem
• Collaborative rather than overly individualistic

Previous business development experience is valuable, but you won’t be expected to spend your first few months hammering cold calls simply to create a market.

There is already business to work with.

Why Join?

• 40+ actively buying clients to develop from day one
• Build and own a new Software Engineering division
• Existing client demand for the skillset
• Work with some of the most exciting VC and PE-backed software businesses
• Average deal size of approximately £37k
• Outstanding commission structure
• High-value, search-led recruitment model
• Salary up to £50,000 DOE
• Genuine autonomy over how you build the market
• Small enough to have real influence as the business grows
• Incredibly supportive, collaborative and down-to-earth culture
• Brighton office

The clients exist. The relationships exist. The demand exists.

The opportunity is to take that foundation and build a serious Software Engineering recruitment practice around it.